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NCAA Board Hands 5 Biggest Conferences, Including Pac-12, More Power

The NCAA Board of Directors voted 16-2 on Thursday to approve a historic package of changes that allows the five richest football conferences -- the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC -- to unilaterally change some of the rules that have applied to all Division I schools for years. The 65 universities in those leagues will also benefit from a new, weighted voting system on legislation covering the 350 schools in Division I.

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